1st Edition
Sport, War and Society in Australia and New Zealand
1. Introduction: Sport, War and Society in Australia and New Zealand
Martin Crotty and Rob Hess
2. Exploding the Myths of Sport and the Great War: A First Salvo
Wray Vamplew
3. Australasia’s 1912 Olympians and the Great War
Bruce Coe
4. Missing in Action? New Perspectives on the Origins and Diffusion of Women’s Football in Australia during the Great War
Rob Hess
5. Fronting Up: Australian Soccer and the First World War
Ian Syson
6. The Role of Sport for Australian POWs of the Turks during the First World War
Kate Ariotti and Martin Crotty
7. Men Who Defaulted in the Greatest Game of All: Sport, Conscientious Objectors and Military Defaulters in New Zealand 1916 – 1923
Greg Ryan
8. ‘Carry On’: The Response of the Victorian Football League to the Challenges of World War II
Bruce Kennedy
9. W. N. ‘Bill’ Carson: Double All Black, Military Cross Recipient
Lynn Charles McConnell
10. The Controversial Cec Pepper and the Australian Services Cricket Team: The Test Career That Never Was
Peter Crossing
Biography
Martin Crotty's research interests encompass masculinity, sports history, and Australian society at war. He is an Associate Professor and lectures in history at the University of Queensland, Australia, and is the author or co-editor of a number of books in these fields including Anzac Legacies: Australians and the Aftermath of War (2010) and Turning points in Australian history (2009).
Robert Hess has a long-standing interest in the history of Australian Rules football. He is an Associate Professor and lectures in sport history at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, and is the current Managing Editor of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
